Message-Id: <9212081942.AA07398@dxmint.cern.ch> Date: Tue, 08 Dec 92 11:42 PST To: www-talk@nxoc01.cern.ch From: Denis DeLaRoca (310) 825-4580 <CSP1DWD@mvs.oac.ucla.edu> Subject: Re: Gopher Wais queries Ok, here's the problem... gopher/index/wais paths include ":" chars in the path names, the ":" is escaped by HTGOPHER on input, but on output it is not restored for the case of GOPHER_INDEX type, the escaped ":" (%3a or %7a for ebcdic systems) sent to the WAIS server generates the server error... I am circumventing the problem by including ":" in the table of accepted chars but maybe someone can explain to me why this business of escaping chars exists, then I can develop a better fix. -- Denis